Monthly Archives: July 2012

Egyptian Intelligence Head Omar Suleiman, Dead at 76

By | 2012-07-19T12:49:30-04:00 July 19th, 2012|News|

Former Egyptian intelligence head Omar Suleiman died suddenly Thursday morning at age 76.   "Former vice president General Omar Suleiman died in the early hours of Thursday in a hospital in the United States,” the official Egyptian MENA news agency reported in a brief statement.   He was one of the most  trusted senior officials

New ‘Mahdi’ Cyber Campaign Targeting Iran

By | 2012-07-18T23:59:38-04:00 July 18th, 2012|News|

Security experts have uncovered a new cyber espionage campaign targeting Iran and other Middle Eastern countries, which, they say, is unique because it is the first such operation using communications tools written in Persian, Reuters reported.   Israeli security company Seculert and Russia's Kaspersky Lab said on Tuesday that they identified more than 800 victims

Gaza Christians Protest ‘Forced Conversions’

By | 2012-07-18T23:30:16-04:00 July 18th, 2012|News|

Dozens of Christians in Gaza staged a public protest on Monday, claiming two congregants were forcibly converted to Islam and were being held against their will, the Associated Press (AP) reported.   Gaza police claim that the two, a 25-year-old man and a woman with three children, embraced Islam of their free will and are

‘Five Israelis Dead’ in Burgas Blast, ‘Mostly Youths’

By | 2012-07-18T22:24:24-04:00 July 18th, 2012|News|

An explosion on a bus transporting Israeli tourists at the airport near the city of Burgas in Bulgaria has reportedly left seven dead, five of whom are apparently Israelis. Bulgarian television said that the dead apparently include a Bulgarian tour guide.  The destination is popular among Israeli youths and most of the casualties are reportedly

Bomb kills Syria defense minister, Assad’s borther-in-law; more blasts rock Damascus

By | 2012-07-18T13:23:00-04:00 July 18th, 2012|News|

A suicide attack Wednesday which struck at the heart of Syria’s security apparatus killed defense minister General Daoud Rajha and President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law Assef Shawkat, state media said.   The bombing, which for the first time in a 16-month anti-regime uprising managed to strike at Assad’s inner core, adds urgency to a U.N. Security

Egyptian court postpones key ruling on constitutional panel

By | 2012-07-18T01:42:20-04:00 July 18th, 2012|News|

An Egyptian court on Tuesday postponed issuing a key ruling on whether a Muslim Brotherhood-led panel tasked with writing Egypt’s new constitution is legal, following protests outside the courtroom by the supporters of the Islamist movement.   The tensions were a sign of the stakes in the case, which will effectively determine who oversees the

Assad Regime ‘Ready to Use Chemical Weapons’

By | 2012-07-17T19:07:36-04:00 July 17th, 2012|News|

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will not hesitate to use chemical weapons against opposition forces and may have already deployed them, Nawaf Fares, the first Syrian ambassador to defect since the uprising against Assad began, told the BBC on Monday.   Fares, a former ambassador to Iraq, insisted that Assad’s days are numbered but warned that

The Obama Flirtation with the Muslim Brotherhood.

By | 2012-07-17T17:17:00-04:00 July 17th, 2012|Press Releases|

Dear Secretary H. Clinton ... I am aware that you know very little about Islam, the history of Muslim people, Islamic Jurisprudence, Political Islam, the literature and march of the Muslim Brotherhood, Wahhabism and the (impossible to be changed) agenda of Egypt's MBs.  http://bachmann.house.gov/uploadedfiles/ig_letter_odni.pdf I also know that your boss (like yourself) knows very very